"I've done nothing, Kai. You've been affected by some spell, perhaps," Rurik said, and just as soon regretted the word choice. "Not my spell. Some other trickery." The house, Rurik knew, was not quite normal. There was a presence, or three, lurking about, creating mischief, affecting things. He wouldn't have thought it possible to affect Kai as such, but it seemed he'd lost a century's time, give or take.